President Antonia Maioni’s speech at the recent Power of the Arts National Forum can now be read on our publications page, and Executive Director Jean-Marc Mangin provided his thoughts on the event in a short blog post.

The OECD’s Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) survey results were released this week, revealing that literacy in Canada is around the average score for the countries surveyed, and that our numeracy scores are below average. A recent article in the Globe and Mail expresses concern for Canada’s scores, especially the findings that “while many Canadians are top performers, we also have a disproportionate number of people who score at the lowest levels of proficiency in all three skills,” (the third being “problem solving in technology-rich environments”). Keep an eye on the blog next week for our thoughts about these stats.